Frederick R. Webber, 1887-1963.

Pastor Webber was born on January 26, 1887, in Decatur, Illinois. After a visit to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1903, he quickly developed an avid interest in the pipe organ. As pastor, he served churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and Mount Vernon and Yonkers, New York. He was a frequent writer, published several books, and was one of the first serious scholars on the history of organ building in the United States. His history of the organ in New York City, written during the final years of his life, was completed but never published. A copy is found in the collection of the American Organ Archives of the Organ Historical Society. He died in Mount Vernon, New York, on December 27, 1963.

From the description of The notebooks and correspondence of Frederick R. Webber, Lutheran minister and American organ historian, 1935-1963. (Organ Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 665174330